Colin Turkington is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in British GT Championship for WSR FlexiFly. Turkington is a one-time champion (2018), with 41 wins and 106 podiums from 320 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,678 ranks Turkington 1608th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-02-01 | Oulton Park GT4 | P8 | −178 |
| 2026-02-01 | Oulton Park GT4 | DNF | −259 |
| 2026-01-01 | Silverstone GT4 | P7 | −156 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +160 | Race of UK 2007 | World Touring Car Championship | P3 |
| +137 | Race of UK 2007 | World Touring Car Championship | P4 |
| +133 | Race of UK 2010 | World Touring Car Championship | P2 |
| +126 | Race of UK 2010 | World Touring Car Championship | P3 |
| +120 | Race of Czech Republic 2010 | World Touring Car Championship | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸British GT Championship | WSR FlexiFly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −592 | 4,678 |
| 2024 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | P4 | +214 | 5,270 |
| 2023 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | P4 | −215 | 5,057 |
| 2022 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | P4 | +190 | 5,271 |
| 2021 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | P3 | +3 | 5,082 |
| 2020 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 27 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | P3 | −21 | 4,788 |
| 2019 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P3 | +125 | 5,302 |
| 2018 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −108 | 5,405 |
| 2017 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | P2 | +120 | 5,187 |
| 2016 | ▸BTCC | Subaru Team BMR | 28 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | P2 | +111 | 5,102 |
| 2015 | ▸BTCC | Team BMR RCIB Insurance | 30 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | P4 | −714 | 4,600 |
| 2012 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | Team AVIVA-COFCO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +68 | 5,565 |
| 2011 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | Aviva-Cofco Wiechers-Sport | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +213 | 5,498 |
| 2010 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | eBay Motors | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +485 | 5,284 |
| 2007 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | Team RAC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +3,450 | 4,800 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Tom IngramFIA Gold | 5,607 | 295 | 161 | 134 | 55% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam MorganFIA Silver | 4,832 | 295 | 205 | 90 | 69% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh CookFIA Silver | 4,748 | 295 | 182 | 113 | 62% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,451 | 293 | 225 | 68 | 77% |
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 5,880 | 265 | 126 | 139 | 48% |
| 🇬🇧 Jake HillFIA Silver | 4,262 | 253 | 150 | 103 | 59% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Chilton | 4,292 | 236 | 179 | 57 | 76% |
| 🇬🇧 Jason PlatoFIA Silver | 3,897 | 208 | 140 | 68 | 67% |
| 🇬🇧 Stephen JelleyFIA Gold | 3,560 | 207 | 173 | 34 | 84% |
| 🇬🇧 Árón Taylor-Smith | 4,185 | 206 | 154 | 52 | 75% |
| 🇨🇭 Alain MenuHigher-rated | 5,619 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 44% |
| 🇫🇷 Yvan MullerFIA Gold, 4× champion | 5,294 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 48% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,598 | 🇯🇵 Hiroki Katoh | Super GT | 4,684 |
| 1,599 | 🇫🇷 Adrien Closmenil | European Le Mans Series | 4,683 |
| 1,600 | 🇩🇪 Benjamin Leuchter | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,683 |
| 1,601 | 🇯🇵 Kiyoto Fujinami | Super GT | 4,683 |
| 1,602 | 🇩🇪 Christer Jöns | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,682 |
| 1,603 | 🇯🇵 Matsuda Tsugio | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,682 |
| 1,604 | 🇯🇵 Takaboshi Mitsunori | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,682 |
| 1,605 | 🇬🇧 Ollie Wilkinson | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,680 |
| 1,606 | 🇸🇪 Jimmy Eriksson | GP2 Series | 4,679 |
| 1,607 | 🇯🇵 Kohta Kawaai | Super GT | 4,679 |
| 1,608 | 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | British GT Championship | 4,678 |
| 1,609 | 🇨🇭 Kevin Jörg | GP3 Series | 4,676 |
| 1,610 | 🇦🇺 Harrison Jones | Supercars Championship | 4,675 |
| 1,611 | 🇧🇷 Allam Khodair | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,674 |
| 1,612 | 🇮🇹 Domenico Gitto | International Formula 3000 | 4,674 |
| 1,613 | 🇺🇸 Ward Burton | NASCAR Truck | 4,674 |
| 1,614 | 🇩🇪 Christian Mamerow | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,673 |
| 1,615 | 🇪🇸 Alejandro Núñez | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,668 |
| 1,616 | 🇳🇱 Tijmen van der Helm | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,668 |
| 1,617 | 🇯🇵 Yuki Sano | Formula Regional European | 4,668 |
| 1,618 | 🇺🇸 Chad Little | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,667 |
Colin Turkington is an established professional competing in British GT Championship for WSR FlexiFly, racing a shared GT4 car in a multiclass endurance grid that mixes amateur and graded professionals. He holds an FIA Gold rating. Turkington has spent the bulk of his career in the BTCC, a national single-class championship in which he drove for Team BMW across nearly a decade and a half of racing.[1]
Between 2007 and 2012 he competed in the World Touring Car Championship, taking a single win from 22 starts. His main career has been in the BTCC from 2015 to 2024, where he recorded 40 wins and 100 podiums across 295 starts. He won the BTCC championship four times; his most recent title came in 2018 with Team BMW. He currently races in British GT Championship, making his indexed debut in the series in 2026 with three starts to date.[2]
Turkington's regular BTCC opponents have included Tom Ingram, a two-time BTCC champion and established professional with 351 starts in the series, against whom Turkington has been closely matched; and Adam Morgan, a professional-graded competitor in 351 BTCC starts, whom Turkington typically finishes ahead of. He has finished ahead of Ash Sutton, a four-time BTCC champion, across their overlapping BTCC careers. His team at BMW fielded six drivers, with Ricky Collard as its strongest driver at professional level. Turkington has recently begun racing in international rallying, taking victory in an Austria-based rally championship in July 2026.